Musical reed



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M. BRAY.

MUSICAL REED.

No. 318,947. Patented June 2, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MELLEN BRAY, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MUSICAL REED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,947, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed July 10, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MELLEN BRAY, of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reeds and Reed- Plates for Musical Instruments, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My present invention relates to that class of reeds and reed-plates in which the reed-plate is struck up from thin sheet metal; and it consists in improved means of securing the reed in position upon the reed-plate, which will be readily understood by reference to the description of the drawings, and to the claim to be hereinafter given.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan of a reedplate, illustrating a portion of my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 8 is a transverse section .on linear x on Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively a plan and a longitudinal section of the same plate with the reed or tongue secured thereto. Figs. 6 and 7 are similar views illustrating a modification of the plate, and Figs. 8 and 9 are similar views illustrating still another modification.

A is the reed-plate, having the lip or rib a turned at right angles, or nearly so, to the main body thereof, and having the throat b formed therein by punching a portion of the stock out, and the recess or indentation 0 formed in its upper side, near one end, said recess having two parallel and nearly vertical sides at right angles to longer sides of the plate. This plate A is formed from thin sheet metal by striking up in suitable dies, substantially in the same manner as described in the Letters Patent No. 280,789. granted to Geo. WV. McGlintock and myself, July 10, 1883. The reed or tongue B is made separate from the plate, and is of the usual construction. except that it has a portion of the end that is to be (No model.)

secured to the plate bent at right angles to the body of the tongue to form the lug (I, extend ing across the whole width of the butt-end of the reed, as shown. The reed or tongue also has formed in its butt-end a single hole to re ceive the rivet e, by which it is secured to the plate A, the tongue being so placed on the plate that the lug d projects into and bears hard against the inner transverse wallof the recess 0, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

If desired, an independent recess, f, may be formed in the plate A expressly to receive the lug d, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7; or aslot may be punched through the plate A to receive said lug, which must closely fill said slot, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

By making the reed separate from the plate I am enabfed to use sheet metal of uniform thickness for all of the plates, and much thinner than the average thickness that must be used when the reed and reed-plate are formed from a single piece of metal, as described in the patent before cited.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The reed-plate A, provided with the rectangular throat b, the downwardly-projecting circumferential rib a, and a slot or recess formed in its upper surface, in combination with a reed or tongue made separate from the plate and provided with the lug (2, extending transversely across its butt-end and secured in position upon the plate A by means of the rivet e and the lug d,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have sign ed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 8th day of July, A. D. 1884.

MELLEN BRAY.

Witnesses:

N. O. LOMBARD, WALTER E. LOMBARD. 

